Your support please

In order to ensure the comfort of our carers and the facilitators, we would be grateful if we could receive support for these online events from staff and volunteers please. The support will be quite good fun, because essentially, you are attending the course. We just ask that […]

The projects progress over the past month has moved at a steady pace, with emphasis on repeated testing and checking to ensure the system is compliant with our services offered. This has proved to be a feat of endurance for the team, as we have moulded the system in to […]

Every Thursday evening, we stand on our doorsteps and make some noise.

At first, we were clapping for the NHS, then we added in key workers, shopworkers, posties, delivery drivers, each other and now we are just clapping to be alive.

There is something very visible about that many people clapping, banging […]

As an organisation we have been thinking of different ways to communicate with each other, and make sure we all stay connected. With that in mind, Sonia Mangan conducted the first online staff open forum, holding a Q&A session on Microsoft Teams. Remember, you can email your […]

Although we can’t meet up as normal this Volunteers Week we have planned a week of virtual events for us to connect up during this time with a mix of social, wellbeing, learning events and a Q&A session with Sonia Mangan, CEO. Please see more information below and sign up […]

Thank you for your recent support for the equipment service. A little reminder please do not email Lynn Waters but use the CES referrals box (CES@carerssupport.org.uk) for:

CES referrals: no change except to put CES REFERRAL in the subject line. You are encouraged to think creatively in the current environment […]

Bird & Blend Tea is based in Brighton and have launched a scheme where you can nominate people who might benefit from a real letter from a real penpal during this crisis where a lot of people are isolated.  They have a number of volunteers ready to write to […]

Please could you take breaks during the day (stand outside – if you can, stretch, empty the washing machine, pet the cat or you children) and take a lunch break.

We all need to take some responsibility for ourselves but in order to help at this time we are all asked […]

Penny is really pleased to announce that Audrey Neate has now joined the Drugs and Alcohol Team as Carer Wellbeing Worker for the North. Please join Penny in welcoming Audrey into this new challenge and make referrals for carers as usual to the Drugs and Alcohol Referral inbox.

Penny Jenkins Specialist […]

A message from Vanessa Hasted 04.05.2020

Dear all,

We have been awarded £1500 from Carers Trust to provide swift support to carers throughout the COVID-19 situation. You can support carers to access the fund through our normal Carer Fund process.

In order to provide a quick service, as normal, please complete a support […]